Patient data sensor device

Abstract

A patient data sensor device has an implantable patient data sensor and an implantable data transmission mechanism, which is in signal connection with the patient data sensor. The data transmission mechanism has an antenna for telemetric data transmission to an external data collection unit. In addition, the data transmission mechanism has a carrier plate for electronic components. The latter are covered on the carrier plate, at least to one side, by a cover. The antenna is configured in an edge region of the carrier plate and running around the latter and around the electronic components. The result is a patient data sensor device which is more tolerable for the patient.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A brain parameter sensor device ( 1 ;  16 )
 with an implantable brain parameter sensor ( 2 ), 
 with an implantable data transmission mechanism ( 4 ), which is in signal connection with the brain parameter sensor ( 2 ), 
 wherein the data transmission mechanism ( 4 )
 has an antenna ( 11 ) for telemetric data transmission to an external data collection unit, 
 a carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) for electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ), 
 
 wherein the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ) on the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) are covered at least to one side by a cover in the form of a membrane, 
 wherein the entirety of the cover ( 14 ) is made from a flexible material, and wherein an edge region of the cover ( 14 ) is connected to the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ), 
 wherein the antenna ( 11 ) is arranged in an edge region ( 8 ) of the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) and is configured running around the latter and around the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ), and 
 wherein the antenna is configured as a part of a flexible antenna layer ( 11 ), and said flexible antenna layer is connected in a planar manner to the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) and surrounds the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) at the edge. 
 
     
     
       2. A sensor device according to  claim 1 , wherein the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ) on the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) are covered toward both sides by a respective cover ( 14 ;  24 ) formed convexly at least in portions. 
     
     
       3. A sensor device according to  claim 2 , wherein the cover ( 24 ) is produced from one of ceramic and titanium. 
     
     
       4. A sensor device according to  claim 1 , wherein the antenna ( 11 ) is circular. 
     
     
       5. A sensor device according to  claim 1  wherein the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) is configured in two layers with two carrier layers, between which the antenna layer ( 11 ) is arranged. 
     
     
       6. A sensor device according to  claim 1 , wherein the antenna ( 11 ) is configured as a printed circuit. 
     
     
       7. A sensor device according to  claim 1 , wherein the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) is covered, where it would be accessible from the outside, by at least one of a coating and an embedding ( 23 ) made of a biocompatible material. 
     
     
       8. A sensor device according to  claim 7 , wherein the coating or the embedding ( 23 ) is made by one of the group of silicone, silicone rubber, parylene and polyurethane. 
     
     
       9. A sensor device according to  claim 1 , wherein the sensor ( 2 ) is disposed outside of the cover ( 14 ). 
     
     
       10. A sensor device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the cover ( 14 ) is connected to a flexible carrier layer ( 5 ) of the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ). 
 
     
     
       11. A brain parameter sensor device ( 1 ;  16 )
 with an implantable brain parameter sensor ( 2 ), 
 with an implantable data transmission mechanism ( 4 ), which is in signal connection with the brain parameter ( 2 ), 
 wherein the data transmission mechanism ( 4 )
 has an antenna ( 11 ) for telemetric data transmission to an external data collection unit, 
 a carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) for electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ), 
 
 wherein the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ) on the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) are covered at least to one side by a cover in the form of a membrane, 
 wherein the entirety of the cover ( 14 ) is made from a flexible material, and wherein an edge region of the cover ( 14 ) is connected to the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ), 
 wherein the antenna ( 11 ) is arranged in an edge region ( 8 ) of the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) and is configured running around the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) and around the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ), 
 wherein the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ), in an edge region ( 8 ) carrying the antenna ( 11 ), has a plate thickness (A), which is at most half a thickness (B) measured in the same direction of a region ( 7 ) of the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) carrying the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ), 
 wherein the antenna ( 11 ) is arranged on an upper side of the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ). 
 
     
     
       12. A brain parameter sensor device,
 with an implantable brain parameter sensor ( 2 ), 
 with an implantable data transmission mechanism ( 4 ), which is in signal connection with the brain parameter sensor ( 2 ),
 wherein the data transmission mechanism ( 4 ) 
 has an antenna ( 11 ) for telemetric data transmission to an external data collection unit, 
 a carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) for electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ), 
 
 wherein the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ) on the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) are covered at least to one side by a cover in the form of a membrane, 
 wherein the entirety of the cover ( 14 ) is made from a flexible material, and wherein an edge region of the cover ( 14 ) is connected to the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ), 
 wherein the antenna ( 11 ) is arranged in an edge region ( 8 ) of the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) and is configured running around the latter and around the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ), and 
 wherein the antenna is configured as a part of a flexible antenna layer ( 11 ), and said flexible antenna layer is connected in a planar manner to the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) and surrounds the carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) at the edge, 
 wherein said carrier plate ( 5 ,  7 ) comprises a flexible board ( 5 ) connected to the sensor ( 2 ) by a flexible catheter tube ( 3 ), and a rigid board ( 7 ) connected to the flexible board on an opposite side from the catheter tube, the rigid board having connected thereto the electronic components ( 9 ,  10 ) on a face of the rigid board opposite to the flexible board, 
 wherein the antenna ( 11 ) is disposed between the rigid board ( 7 ) and the flexible board ( 5 ), and 
 wherein the rigid board is larger in diameter than the flexible board.